[lbo-talk] Something genuinely usefull in robot stopping

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 7 13:49:05 PDT 2006


reminds me of the Human vs. Replicant test in BLADE RUNNER....

On 4/7/06, Gar Lipow <the.typo.boy at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.thepcspy.com/articles/security/the_cutest_humantest_kittenauth#postcomment
>
> tinyurl link = http://tinyurl.com/s78mb
>
> You know how stuff to block robots from posting in blogs tends to be
> these really annoying characters that may block spamm robots, but also
> blocks folks with bad eyes?
>
> Someone has come up with something that is robot resistant, but does
> not require great eyes. He has you pick out three photos from a 3x3
> grid. In the example linked, he uses kittens mixed with other cute
> furry animals. Easy task for a human, not the kind of thing software
> is good at. And you could use anything - have people pick out bicycles
> from motorcyles, goatees from other beards, beachballs from
> watermelons.
>
> Simple, clever and as a person with un-terrific eyes, I really find it
> a much better interface. Posted cause I know our Bitch along with
> other computer types do read this list.
>
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